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Tuesday, February 9, 2016

MOT Day

First up for the MOT was Elaine, hers was carried out at the Christie hospital in Manchester. She passed marginally with a few advisories against her, she was however passed fit for travel.

Then it was a drive down the M6 to Middlewich where the van underwent her MOT, and what a test it was, the only place locally that can do it is Martins MOT centre at Middlewich, all they do is heavy goods vehicles, buses, trailers and motorhomes.

They put the poor thing through the wringer, he was amazed at the emissions put out by the Merc diesel, it was so low it didn't register on his machine that went ping!

The test took an hour and they check absolutely everything, amazingly it only cost £41.00.

I,m pleased to report it passed with flying colours, he did note that the front brake discs were worn and took me down the pit to show me. It didn't effect the brake test, however I want to keep the bus in 100% condition so I have ordered a set of new front discs and pads. I will fit these once we get back to Spain.

It is a very impressive set up.

Inside the testing centre.

There was a huge low loader trailer being tested next to us, they failed it because one running light didn't work!

Tomorrow it is the turn of the little Citroen C3 to have an MOT plus we have to do a fair bit of running around to do in preparation to leaving Macclesfield on Thursday.

About Us

Why is this blog called the 'Manly Ferry' you may ask! Well, we are two poms - previously living in Sydney, Australia - which is the home of the real 'Manly Ferry'!
In March 2012 we left Oz and travelled to the UK where we moved aboard our Narrowboat 'Caxton', which we fully planned to rename 'NB The Manly Ferry' but it was too pretty to change it! We also brought our animals with us from Oz ... Bombo, Sam (dogs), Geoffrey, William and Jaffa (cats).
In April 2014 we sold our beloved narrowboat and replaced her with a motorhome, in which we explored a fair bit of Europe and a bit more of Blighty!
In Oct 14 we travelled to Spain (Mojacar) in our Citroen C3, along with our dogs, Bombo and Sam*, where we stayed in an apartment until the end of November, when we headed back to the UK. We were going to head back to Oz but had a change of plans so in Feb 2015 we bought ourselves a new motorhome, also called the 'Manly Ferry'.
So, we are now embarking on some brand new adventures in the UK and Europe !
My gorgeous wife Elaine passed away on 18th August 2016 aged 54. Now there is just me and the two doggies Bombo and Sammie